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package org.apache.log4j.spi;
/**
Implementions of this interface allow certain appenders to decide
when to perform an appender specific action.
<p>For example the {@link org.apache.log4j.net.SMTPAppender} sends
an email when the {@link #isTriggeringEvent} method returns
<code>true</code> and adds the event to an internal buffer when the
returned result is <code>false</code>.
@author Ceki Gülcü
@since version 1.0
*/
public interface TriggeringEventEvaluator {
/**
Is this the triggering event?
*/
public boolean isTriggeringEvent(LoggingEvent event);
}
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